Open Thread………………………………………….Friday, August 26

From NASA:

If you could slice into a tropical cyclone, it would look something like this. The small red arrows show warm, moist air rising from the ocean’s surface, and forming clouds in bands around the eye. The blue arrows show how cool, dry air sinks in the eye and between the bands of clouds. The large red arrows show the rotation of the rising bands of clouds.

Ewww..that looks fierce.  So bloggers…are we under seige or will Irene zip right up the coast and give us a little rain?

I am hoping for the latter.  Please keep us updated on Irene as well as any aftershocks you feel.

From NTK:  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/